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ABC Anchor Admits Network Covered Up Epstein Evidence For Years: Veritas

Via Zero Hedge

A new undercover video from Project Veritas reveals that ABC News knew of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex crimes, yet decided to ignore it according to undercover footage from Project Veritas.

Amy Robach, ‘Good Morning America’ Co-Host and Breaking News Anchor at ABC, explains how a witness came forward years ago with information pertaining to Epstein, but Disney-owned ABC News refused to air the material for years. Robach vents her anger in a “hot mic” moment with an off-camera producer, explaining that ABC quashed the story in it’s early stages. “I’ve had this interview with Virginia Roberts (Now Virginia Guiffre) [alleged Epstein victim]. We would not put it on the air. Um, first of all, I was told “Who’s Jeffrey Epstein. No one knows who that is. This is a stupid story.”

She continues, “The Palace found out that we had her whole allegations about Prince Andrew and threatened us a million different ways.” -Project Veritas

“…[T]here will come a day when we will realize Jeffrey Epstein was the most prolific pedophile this country has ever known,” said Attorney Brad Edwards.

Read the entire article HERE.

Gunmen Kill Mormon Family Members in North Mexico

Via The Washington Free Beacon

Gunmen have killed up to nine members of a U.S. Mormon family, believed to be mainly children, in the latest massacre to afflict Mexico, family members said.

The victims belonged to the LeBaron family from a breakaway Mormon community that settled in the hills and plains of northern Mexico decades ago.

Two relatives Alex and Julian LeBaron told Reuters nine people had died, though a government source only confirmed five.

It was unclear what motivated the killings, which took place on Monday on a dirt road between Chihuahua and Sonora states, both bordering the United States.

A video posted on social media showed the charred and smoking remains of a vehicle riddled with bullet holes that was apparently carrying the victims when the attack happened.

“This is for the record,” says a male voice in an American accent, off camera, choking up with emotion.

“Nita and four of my grandchildren are burnt and shot up.”

Reuters could not independently verify the video.

Mexico has been hit by a wave of attacks in recent weeks, shocking even for a country inured to a decade of drug war violence. The most notable incident was a military-style cartel assault that forced the government to release a leader of the Sinaloa Cartel in October.

Read the entire article HERE.

Nancy Pelosi’s Impeachment Banana Republic

Via American Greatness

The Democrat-controlled U.S. House of Representatives pulled off something uniquely devious and dangerous on Thursday when it passed a barely debated “impeachment inquiry” resolution along partisan lines.

The supposed benefit of a formal House vote to authorize an impeachment investigation is that Democrats now have the judiciary to enforce congressional subpoenas. Ordinarily, those would not be so enforceable in day-to-day legislative proceedings, thanks to the separation of powers.

In normal times, executive privilege acts as a firewall against relentless partisan attempts to disrupt the president’s ability to obtain (and retain) trusted counsel. In times of impeachment, however, those protections are practically gone.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) may or may not have breached that firewall, depending on who appointed the judges who will review this monstrosity.

If the courts eventually affirm the impeachment inquiry as “judicially enforceable,” the House resolution would give Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) and Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) real legal teeth. They are salivating to bite down hard on the administration, and poised to attack the president with relentless direct attempts to compel his inner circle to attend what are going to be nothing but elaborate, and 100 percent partisan, perjury traps.

That’s not even the devious or dangerous part. This much is obvious, even to a layman.

Read the entire article HERE.

How the Army officer who testified against Trump could end up in a court-martial

Via The Military Times

When Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman appeared before members of Congress on Tuesday to discuss what he knew about President Trump’s conversations with Ukraine’s president, he was violating an order from his commander in chief not to cooperate with the House’s impeachment inquiry.

He is likely protected from legal ramifications from showing up to testify, a former Army judge advocate told Military Times on Thursday. But it remains to be seen whether what he told legislators could get him charged with a crime ― and, of course, how his choice to rebel against his White House chain-of-command will affect his career.

“It’s not far-fetched,” Sean Timmons, a managing partner at Tully Rinckey, said. “It’s a murky issue.”

It comes down to whether Trump’s order was lawful, he said. If Trump was trying to prevent Vindman from sharing sensitive information, it could be. If he was trying to prevent testimony, period, it’s not.

The Military Whistleblower Protection Act prohibits government officials from interfering with a member of the military in communicating with Congress or an inspector general. Adding to the complexity is that the president gets to determine what is and isn’t classified.

Read the entire article HERE.

Man stabbed to death over Popeyes chicken sandwich

Via WTOP

A fight that broke out when somebody jumped ahead in a line for Popeyes’ popular chicken sandwich turned deadly in Oxon Hill, Maryland, Monday night.

Prince George’s County police said a 28-year-old man died after he was stabbed multiple times while in the parking lot of the restaurant on Livingston Road in Oxon Hill Plaza.

“We have been able to determine that preliminarily that this is related to the release of the sandwich here at this restaurant. This individual was in line, a line specifically for the sale of the sandwich, when another customer and he got into an altercation. That ended with the victim being stabbed outside of the business,” said Jennifer Donelan, spokeswoman for the police department, during a news conference.

When police got on the scene around 7 p.m., officers immediately started lifesaving measures. The victim died 51 minutes later at the hospital, Donelan said.

“Knowing that a life was taken, it is hard to put into words. I can’t find the right words to describe what was done to this innocent victim,” Donelan said.

Donelan said it is hard to believe that someone cutting in line could lead to such violence.

Read the entire article HERE.

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